IMPERDIBILE ITALIAN DRINK COCKTAIL BOOK Copyright © 2019 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ilGin.it - GinShop.it THAT‘S THE SPIRIT SRL INTRODUCTION Fava Bibite and ilGin.it present the first cocktail book focused on Imperdibile‘s soft drink range. One of the biggest producers of soft drinks in Italy, renowned for its exceptional quality, and the most important Italian website focused on gin have worked together to create twenty original recipes using twenty selected great gins and Imperdibile drinks. The soft drink industry is growing big and has raised the focus on research and quality, mostly thanks to the gin craze that has been conquering the world in the last few years. Therefore, it seemed natural to build the cocktails starting from premium gins and premium tonic waters and other soft drinks. Surrounded by the green Brughiera natural park, Fava Bibite works in the soft drink bottling field with over fifty years experience; a walk of success enriched by a family management that has always believed in quality: from the choice of ingredients, to accurate laboratory controls, to understanding hot the raw materials react at a chemical, physical and organoleptic level, continuing in all subsequent steps up to obtaining the final product. The Imperdibile family of products, which means “Unmissable”, consists of 14 different tastes, all made with natural ingredients selected among the best in the world. ilGin.it has been promoting gin culture for over five years and it’s the most important reference point for gin lovers, producers, distributors and bartenders in Italy. The gin experts in the editorial staff at ilGin.it have created these twenty recipes emphasise the flavours of gins using Imperdibile soft drinks as the main resource to build the best cocktails in the world. ilGin.it‘s Staff TIPS FOR A PERFECT GIN & TONIC THE GLASS JIGGER OR 1 WHY USE A BALOON 3 NO JIGGER? GLASS? Why should a G&T be served in a baloon glass? This choice is not made based on a trend Many bartenders prefer developed in Spain (which has nevertheless to measure roughly returned well-deserved merit to an often based on experience, underestimated cocktail) but for practical but most choose to use reasons. It is in fact a large container, able to the jigger to pour the contain the right amount of gin, tonic water right amount of gin into and ice; in this way the gin tonic maintains the cocktail. In some the thermal balance for the time necessary countries, for example in to be finished without watering everything the United Kingdom, by down. law bartenders must use the exact ounce for the preparation of drinks; in Italy it is not so, but the use of the measuring THE PERFECT cup is still useful to avoid 2 ICE CUBE mistakes in the doses of Ice cubes should be large (50g up) and solid. the ingredients. The ice should fill the whole glass. A large full cube cools the cocktail slower than hollow cubes do, but they melt much more slowly. INDEX SOFT DRINKS Imperdibile Dry Bitter Tonic - page 6 Imperdibile Oak Wood Tonic - page 10 Imperdibile Superior Italian Tonic - page 7 Imperdibile Ginger Beer - page 11 Imperdibile Wild Botanical Tonic - page 8 Imperdibile Soda Water - page 12 Imperdibile Bergamotto Fancy Tonic - page 9 RECIPES Gluttony‘s Temptations - page 14 Cask G&T - page 15 Old American Negroni - page 16 Norwegian Wood - page 17 Luxury Cocktail - page 18 Juniper Grapes - page 19 Fancy Tomatoes - page 20 Tonka Cocktail - page 21 Mary - page 22 The Doctor‘s G&T - page 23 GinGinMuuule - page 24 G&T On the Beach - page 25 Michelangelo‘s G&T - page 26 Gibson Margarita - page 27 Sister‘s Gin Julep - page 28 The Graduate‘s Cocktail - page 29 Momo - page 30 Big Bang Theory - page 31 Green Love - page 32 Ginger Party - page 33 Name: Dry Bitter Tonic Origin: Italy Web site: favabibite.it Exquisite thirst-quenching drink with amiable bitter notes which releases pleasant and fresh citrusy sensations of incomparable taste, made using natural extract of South American cinchona bark Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 6 Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book Name: Superior Italian Tonic Origin: Italy Website: favabibite.it The best Sicilian citrus infusion combined with the precious extract of cinchona bark, explode into exciting citrusy and slightly bittering flavors, giving to this fresh and thirst-quenching drink unique Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 7 Name: Wild Botanical Tonic Origin: Italy Website: favabibite.it From luxuriant Mediterranean bush precious myrtle berries and scented wild Lucan laurel grow, whose natural infusions give this drink unique and distinctive aromatic notes that evoke the caressing breath of sea breeze. Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 8 Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book Name: Bergamotto Fancy Tonic Origin: Italy Website: favabibite.it The precious bergamot juice, always considered the green gold of Calabria, enhances this tonic water with pleasantly citrus and bittering notes. Ideal to taste in purity or to enrich your cocktails Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 9 Name: Oakwood Tonic Origin: Italy Website: favabibite.it The curious union between the oak wood extract and the South American cinchona bark extract, gives to this unique and unmistakable drink a pleasant smoky scent and bitter notes. Ideal finish complement to enhance your best cocktails. Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 10 Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book Name: Ginger Beer Origin: Italy Website: favabibite.it From the selection of the most scented Central African ginger roots is born our “unmissable” Ginger Beer, with pleasant citrus and intensely spicy notes, perfect for the preparation of your best cocktails Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 11 Name: Soda Water Origin: Italy Website: favabibite.it “UNMISSABLE“ strong and important perlage that increases the pleasantness to the palate makes SODA WATER the ideal finish complement to enhance the preparation of your best Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 12 MIXOLOGY LINE MIXOLOGY MIXOLOGY LINE MIXOLOGY imperdibileitaliandrinks www.imperdibile.eu imperdibile GLUTTONY’S TEMPTATIONS Ingredients For the lemon and pink pepper essence: Peel of one whole lemon 5g of cubeb pepper A pinch of salt 100ml of alcohol For the Gin & Tonic: 50ml Taggiasco ExtraVirGin (gin infused with olives) Imperdibile Italian Superior Tonic Water 5 pink pepper grains 1 lemon twist The notes of olives of Taggiasco ExtraVirgin, the warm spicy notes of pink pepper, the freshness of lemons: the secret ingredients of this Gin Tonic; not drinking it is a sin! Preparation For the essence: Steep the skin of a whole lemon, 5g of cubeb pepper and a pinch of salt in 100ml of neutral alcohol and 50ml of water for a night. Strain into a spray bottle. For the Gin & Tonic: In a balloon glass full of ice cubes, pour the gin and Imperdibile Italian Superior Tonic Water. Add 5 grains of pink pepper and stir slowly. Garnish with a lemon twist. Complete with four sprays of lemon and pink pepper essence on top of the glass. Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 14 Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book CASK G&T Ingredients 50ml Fred Jerbis 43 Gin (herbacious gin) Imperdibile Italian Superior Tonic Water 1 twist of orange peel 1 sprig of fennel An aged gin, a superior tonic water and few simple ingredients with a beautiful scent: excellence and taste are born from simplicity Preparation In a balloon glass full of ice, add the gin and Imperdibile Italian Superior Tonic Water. Garnish with a twist of orange peel and a sprig of fennel. Stir slowly and serve. Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 15 OLD AMERICAN NEGRONI Ingredients 4cl Fred Jerbis Vermouth 4cl Bitter Fred Jerbis 5cl Fred Jerbis 7 Single Barrel (aged gin) 1 splash Imperdibile Wild Botanical Tonic Water 1 orange wedge 1 lemon peel 1 sprig of rosemary A twist on the classic Americano cocktail / a twist on Negroni to bring out the notes of a marvelous aged gin using a unique tonic water Preparation Fill a tumbler with ice cubes. Add the Vermouth, the Bitter and the aged gin. Stir gently and add a splash of Imperdibile Wild Botanical Tonic Water. Hit the glass with the rosemary sprig (in order to free its scent) and put it in the cocktail. Garnish with an orange wedge. Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 16 Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book NORWEGIAN WOOD Ingredients For the flavoured ice cubes: 100ml of fresh orange juice 50ml of fresh lemon juice 350ml of water Cloves For the Gin & Tonic: 5cl Bareksten Botanical Gin (London Dry) Imperdibile Dry Bitter Tonic Water 1 lemon twist Nutmeg The perfect wintry Gin Tonic to warm the heart with pleasure even in the cold and dark Norwegian woods, where only nymphs dare enter... Preparation For the flavoured ice cubes: Mix 100ml of orange juice and 50ml of lemon juice with 350ml of water. Pour the liquid into ice moulds and add one clove per mould. Freeze. For the Gin & Tonic: In a balloon glass full of ice cubes, pour the gin and Imperdibile Dry Bitter Tonic Water. Add one flavoured ice cube and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon twist and grate a little nutmeg on top. Imperdibile Italian Drinks - Cocktail Book 17 LUXURY COCKTAIL Ingredients 6cl Gin Lù (double cask aged gin) 1 lump of sugar 3 drop of Peychaud’s Bitter 5 mint leaves Imperdibile Soda Water Black pepper Grapefruit peel A refined and elegant cocktail with an aged gin and soda water. The fresh mint and citrus fruits balance the spiciness of black pepper, while the bitter balances the sugar, enhancing the notes of the gin Preparation Use either a highball or julep glass. Put the lump of sugar at the bottom and add 3 drops of Peychaud’s Bitter on top.